Pax (Peace) Roman The divinity who represented peace.
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Pax (Peace) Roman The divinity who represented peace. Her feast day was January 3. While Pax was often called upon during civil wars, historical evidence suggests that people worshiped her far more after Augustus became the first emperor of Rome in 27 b.c. He built a temple to Pax in 13 b.c. on the Campus Martius, a large, flat open space between the Capitoline and Quirinal hills in the center of Rome. In a.d. 75, Emperor Vespasian dedicated a temple to her in the Roman Forum. Pax was shown carrying a Caduceus or wing-topped staff, a horn of plenty, or an olive branch. The Greeks knew her as Eirene.
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